[Dr.Pick]

So, they wiped up the rest of the Skull Castle. They lobbed a couple warning shots at "lord" Cet as he carted G'Ezzered Ra off, then when the vamps turned on ol' Adrianna, they put the whole group of them, including Adrianna, out of their misery.

They spent a couple days reorganizing, collecting shells for breathers, and generally charting the Enchanted Sea. Ramakamil went down in a pile of Raptors and Dumdee Oleoh's.

Concerned that they were going to miss out on a quest from Miruth in the Pawn Shop, they took Bart out for some fun in the Sun. They'd heard a rumor that Miruth would "forget" about a 3rd quest for a fine enchanted weapon if you agreed to seek out the Leprechaun. Apparently, he no longer takes anyone seriously who thinks they can actually find one, and if they actually DO find "proof", he assumes that it is a forgery of some kind. He plays along, but doesn't offer any more work for a seasoned thief much less a newbie.

Bart was going to attempt to turn the quest down in an effort to gain the 3rd quest, but ol' Talrik had yet ANOTHER hook in the shop! They'd thought that the old Sea Dog had disappeared to parts unknown, but they had no other choice but to look for him.

They set off for his previous whereabouts, and low and behold, he was BACK!... but he wouldn't accept the hook. Now, they'd had a similar problem with him as regards the longtooth hides, and Bart noticed something the others hadn't before. Talrik's pockets were stuffed with other junk!!

They've got lots of money now, thanks to Gronk's Fletchery hobby, so they bought all his stuff and he accepted the hooks, line, and... eh... longtooth hides! They chatted with him about his treasure, and didn't mention the fact that the chest near the cart had already been emptied of its contents when they went off to kill the Hydra and collect some Living Seeds for the Duke and Sabastio(yawn) respectively.

The bad news back in town is that Miruth must've gotten wind of the fact that Bart is friends with Wili and Jerome- he's actually Jerome's cousin- because he wouldn't let Bart decline the Leprechaun quest and move on to the Talon's Fang quest. jerk.

Anyway, they've moved on to better things. They decided to spend the entire morning hanging about in the sun and sand while they merrily burned away at that silly Leprechaun until he finally died from heat exhaustion. Miruth laughed at his stick even though it was clearly marked, "Leprechaun's Stick" in bold letters. Sure it looks like a Bo Stick that's been heavily enchanted, but none of them CAN enchant or bless that well yet. jerk.

Well, they finally made it back to Anephas' Shrine and that enigmatic Sphynx- he has quite the sense of humor until you get ONE silly question wrong- then he's all over you like flies on... oh, never mind. He was making them inSANE I tell ya! It was terribly annoying... especially when they couldn't be Restored to Health for lack of mana. It was a long fight with 4 adventurers babbling incoherently.

Night time closed in before they were all laughing about it and poking at the invisible barrier at the entrance to the Shrine until Angelus used the Staff of Death on it like he did on the door to Mada Mabbig's chamber, and they were in like Flynn.

They just walked past the entry guards as they jabbered about them "not belonging here". whatever. They quickly found the Relic of Isis, and spent quite a bit of time and mana on Gold Scorpions in a pit of black sand they fell into and teleported out of when it was too full of them. That was fun- everyone leveled before it was time to move on.

The Guardians of Isis went down pretty easily, but those stone Golems were really tough fights- immune to both Moon and Vine Spells it would seem. They found the Baboon Figurine and are about to move on when I can get back in- probably tomorrow night.

Peace, +Dr. Pick